The Hills and Plains of Palestine, by L. M. Cubley. London: Day & Son, 1860. English.?Description of Lucy Matilda Cubley's tour of Palestine, accompanied by 29 hand-colored lithographs, printed after paintings and drawings by Cubley. Among the illustrations: Jewish women at work, effendi, farmer's wife and her children, Cave of the Patriarchs, Ein Kerem and more. The book has two title pages, one is lithographic.?[4] leaves, 57 pp + [29] plates, 29 cm. Gilt edges. Good overall condition. Stains. Restored binding. New spine onto which most of the original spine was mounted. Stains and blemishes to binding. Two bookplates on the inside front binding.

Archaeological researches in Palestine during the Years 1873-1874, by Charles Clermont-Ganneau, with illustrations from drawings by A. Lecomte du Noüy. London: Harrison and Sons for the Committee of The Palestine Exploration Fund, Volume I: 1899, Volume II: 1896. English.
A book dealing with the archaeological research of Palestine on behalf of The Palestine Exploration Fund, accompanied by hundreds of diagrams and illustrations (most of them in the body of the text. Some on plates). The two volumes of the book were published in reverse order: volume I was published in 1899, dealing with archaeological findings that were discovered during excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem and adjacent areas. Volume II was published three years earlier, in 1896, dealing with archaeological sites in Palestine in general.
Before us are volumes from a limited edition On the inside of the two front bindings are paper labels with the inscription: "Special Edition No. 245", hand-signed by James Glaisher, the chairman of the Executive Committee of The Palestine Exploration Fund.
The French Orientalist and archaeologist Charles Clermont-Ganneau (1846-1932) was one of the most prominent researchers of Palestine during the 19th century. He came to Palestine in 1867 to study its archaeological sites. During the years 1873-1874, he headed a British archaeological expedition to Palestine on behalf of The Palestine Exploration Fund. With time, he acquired a reputation as one of the most important researchers of biblical archaeology in Palestine.
Volume I: XVII, 528 pp + [7] plates. Volume II: X, 504 pp + [1] plate. Approx. 28.5cm. Cloth bindings, with gilt impressions. Good overall condition. Many unopened pages in the second volume. Stains. A few creases and tears. Several leaves are partially detached. The front endpaper of the first volume is detached and its margins are torn. Slightly worn bindings, with tears and blemishes to spine and edges. Ownership labels on the inside of the front bindings. A brochure issued by the PEF (1896) about the publication dates of the volumes before us is enclosed with Volume II.

Vue & Description de la Ville de Jerusalem Telle qu' elle est Aujourd' hui avec les Tombeaux de ses Anciens Rois, & Quelques Autres Antiquités Curieuses qui se Trouvent aux Environs de Cette Ville [The view of the city of Jerusalem and its description, as it is today with the tombs of its ancient kings, and additional interesting antiquities around the city], an engraving from the book "Atlas Historique", by Henri Abraham Chatelain. [Amsterdam, 1732]. French. ?On the upper part of the leaf – panorama of Jerusalem with 25 points of importance. On the lower part appear illustrations of Zachariah's Tomb, Tomb of Absalom, Kings' Tombs and the mountains of Lebanon. Printed in the center are descriptive passages in French.?Leaf: approx. 44X52 cm. Good condition. A few stains and minor creases. A long tear at lower margin, along the vertical fold line.?Laor 985.

1-5. Five biblical maps of Palestine and its vicinity: * Hoc Schema Et Descriptio Referens Orti Eden Situm. Map of the Near East with an illustration of Adam and Eve in Paradise. * Haec Chorographia Praeponenda est Capiti 33 Libri Numer, Map of Sinai with the route of the Israelites in the desert and illustrations of stations of their wanderings: crossing the Red Sea, the golden calf, Mount Sinai and more. * Terae Sanctae Descriptio, Non Solum Ea Continens Loca, De Quibs A…, map of Palestine, Jordan River and biblical towns. * Descriptio regionum et locorum de quibus in Act. Apostolorum Libro passim fit mention, map of the Mediterranean basin. * Hoc Schema Praeporendum set Capiti 15 Libri Iosue, map of Palestine with the tribal territories. Similar maps appeared in some of the editions and translations of the bible during the second half of the 16th century, by the cartographer and orientalist Guillaume Postel. ?Size of maps: approx. 10X11 – 21X16 cm. Condition varies. Fair-good overall condition. Creases, stains, fold lines and blemishes. Tears and open tears (mainly to margins), mostly restored.?6. Map of Palestine and Cyprus, a woodcut from Sebastian Münster's book "Cosmography". Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1550. Laor 528a.?Approx.26.5X17 cm. Good condition. Stains. Some blemishes and tears to margins.